Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KINGSTON130
2008-02-11 19:24:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kingston
Cable title:
URGENT MEDEVAC REQUEST
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UNCLAS KINGSTON 000130
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR (JOE TILGHMAN)
PRM/ECA (ROB GEHRING)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CU PHUM PM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
SUBJECT: URGENT MEDEVAC REQUEST
REF: A. STATE 13050 (072046Z FEB 08)
B. R. GEHRING E-MAIL 08 FEB 08
UNCLAS KINGSTON 000130
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR (JOE TILGHMAN)
PRM/ECA (ROB GEHRING)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CU PHUM PM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
SUBJECT: URGENT MEDEVAC REQUEST
REF: A. STATE 13050 (072046Z FEB 08)
B. R. GEHRING E-MAIL 08 FEB 08
1.(SBU) Per refs, Embassy has transmitted the following
letter addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Bilateral Relations, Mr.
Courtenay Rattray, dated Feb. 11:
(begin text)
" The Department of State in Washington, D.C. has asked that
the Embassy approach the Government of Jamaica, on an
emergency basis, concerning the !Q2i9Qur previous discussions, the
United States Government provides protection at the Naval
Station in Guantanamo Bay for a number of migrants who have
been determined to be in need of protection because of a
well-founded fear of persecution or because they would more
likely than not face torture if returned to their country of
origin. The United States seeks third countries to resettle
these migrants.
One of the mi_KQ[Q`
QQ;eQo[o-b1Jamaica.
JOHNSON
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR (JOE TILGHMAN)
PRM/ECA (ROB GEHRING)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CU PHUM PM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
SUBJECT: URGENT MEDEVAC REQUEST
REF: A. STATE 13050 (072046Z FEB 08)
B. R. GEHRING E-MAIL 08 FEB 08
1.(SBU) Per refs, Embassy has transmitted the following
letter addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Bilateral Relations, Mr.
Courtenay Rattray, dated Feb. 11:
(begin text)
" The Department of State in Washington, D.C. has asked that
the Embassy approach the Government of Jamaica, on an
emergency basis, concerning the !Q2i9Qur previous discussions, the
United States Government provides protection at the Naval
Station in Guantanamo Bay for a number of migrants who have
been determined to be in need of protection because of a
well-founded fear of persecution or because they would more
likely than not face torture if returned to their country of
origin. The United States seeks third countries to resettle
these migrants.
One of the mi_KQ[Q`
QQ;eQo[o-b1Jamaica.
JOHNSON